The Uberization of restaurant billing has arrived, and it may forever change your ability to run out on the bill. Tab, an app-based payment system, has come to Montreal after a successful trial run in 60 Toronto restaurants. Fourteen early adopters have signed on in Montreal, including high-end restaurants like Joe Beef, Liverpool House, Park, Sel […]

The Montreal Police Department’s plan to modernize its computer system touted a budget of $1.65 million in 2001, but now it’s forecast to reach $28.4 million by the time it’s completed in 2016, the city’s latest capital works program shows. The project to upgrade and integrate the police department’s computer systems into a single system, known as M-IRIS, may be one of the […]

The Sûreté du Québec’s economic crimes squad has arrested five suspects in a counterfeit credit card scheme that netted an estimated $750,000 for the alleged fraudsters over the past five years. Three men and two women, aged 20 to 52, allegedly used fake credit cards they had made themselves to buy gift cards, gas and electronic equipment which they would then resell.

Montreal’s city council is being asked to approve an additional $360,000 in funding linked to the Bixi bike-sharing service, a proposal that has some council members demanding to know more about the company’s financial situation.

WITH VIDEO: As Dr. Saleem Razack makes his rounds in the intensive care unit of the Montreal Children’s Hospital, he’s often more likely to check his iPhone and iPad than the medical charts next to the beds of his patients.

What do Osheaga, MUTEK, Pop Montreal, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and Piknic Électronik have in common, besides contributing to our city’s enviable reputation as a global music hub? Montreal’s event-throwing cognoscenti partnered with local tech company Greencopper to devise mobile applications that aimed to be intuitive and customizable for smartphone-wielding music lovers who expect cutting-edge apps to power their festival experiences.

MONTREAL – Despite deep budget cuts, Montreal’s commuter train authority has found money to hire a firm to monitor its image online and in the news media. Via a public tender issued this month, the Agence métropolitaine de transport is seeking a company to help track radio, TV and regional, national and international media coverage, as well as what is said on the Internet.